Track Listing DISC 1: 1. To Know Him Is to Love Him - (with The Teddy Bears) 2. Corrine, Corrina - (with Ray Peterson) 3. Spanish Harlem - (with Ben E. King) 4. Pretty Little Angel Eyes - (with Curtis Lee) 5. Every Breath I Take - (with Gene Pitney) 6. I Love How You Love Me - (with The Paris Sisters) 7. Under the Moon of Love - (with Curtis Lee) 8. There's No Other Like My Baby - (with The Crystals) 9. Uptown - (with The Crystals) 10. He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss) - (with The Crystals) 11. He's a Rebel - (with The Crystals) 12. Zip-a-Dee-Do-Dah - (with Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans) 13. Puddin' N' Tain - (with The Alley Cats) 14. He's Sure the Boy I Love - (with The Crystals) 15. Why Do Lovers Break Each Others Hearts - (with Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans) 16. Boy I'm Gonna Marry, The (Today I Met) - (with Darlene Love) 17. Da Doo Ron Ron - (with The Crystals) 18. Heartbreaker - (with The Crystals) 19. Why Don't Let Us Fall in Love - (with Veronica) 20. Chapel of Love - (with Darlene Love) 21. Not Too Young to Get Married - (with Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans) 22. Wait til My Bobby Gets Home - (with Darlene Love) 23. All Grown Up - (with The Crystals)
DISC 2: 1. Be My Baby - (with The Ronettes) 2. Then He Kissed Me - (with The Crystals) 3. Fine, Fine Boy, A - (with Darlene Love) 4. Baby, I Love You - (with The Ronettes) 5. I Wonder - (with The Ronettes) 6. Girls Can Tell - (with The Crystals) 7. Little Boy - (with The Crystals) 8. Hold Me Tight - (with The Treasures) 9. Breakin' up, (The Best Part of) - (with The Ronettes) 10. Soldier Baby of Mine - (with The Ronettes) 11. Strange Love - (with Darlene Love) 12. Stumble and Fall - (with Darlene Love) 13. When I Saw You - (with The Ronettes) 14. So Young - (with Veronica) 15. Do I Love You? - (with The Ronettes) 16. Keep on Dancing - (with The Ronettes) 17. You, Baby - (with The Ronettes) 18. Woman in Love (With You) - (with The Ronettes) 19. Walking in the Rain - (with The Ronettes)
DISC 3: 1. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - (with The Righteous Brothers) 2. Born to Be Together - (with The Ronettes) 3. Just Once in My Life - (with The Righteous Brothers) 4. Unchained Melody - (with The Righteous Brothers) 5. Is This What I Get For Loving You? - (with The Ronettes) 6. Long Way to Be Happy - (with Darlene Love) 7. For Sentimental Reasons, (I Love You) - (with The Righteous Brothers) 8. Ebb Tide - (with The Righteous Brothers) 9. This Could Be the Night - (with The Modern Folk Quartet) 10. Paradise - (with The Ronettes) 11. River Deep-Mountain High - (with Ike & Tina Turner) 12. I'll Never Need More Than This - (with Ike & Tina Turner) 13. Love Like Yours, A (Don't Come Knockin' Everyday) - (with Ike & Tina Turner) 14. Save the Last Dance For Me - (with Ike & Tina Turner) 15. I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine - (with The Ronettes) 16. You Came, You Saw, You Conquered - (with The Ronettes) 17. Black Pearl - (with Sonny Charles & The Checkmates) 18. Love Is All I Have to Give - (with The Checkmates)
DISC 4: A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR YOU: 1. White Christmas - (with Darlene Love) 2. Frosty the Snowman - (with The Ronettes) 3. Bells of St. Mary, The - (with Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans) 4. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - (with The Crystals) 5. Sleigh Ride - (with The Ronettes) 6. Marshmallow World - (with Darlene Love) 7. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - (with The Ronettes) 8. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - (with The Crystals) 9. Winter Wonderland - (with Darlene Love) 10. Parade of the Wooden Soldiers - (with The Crystals) 11. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - (with Darlene Love) 12. Here Comes Santa Claus - (with Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans) 13. Silent Night - (with Phil Spector & Artists)
| Details | | Playing Time: | 173 min. | | Contributing Artists: | Darlene Love, The Crystals, The Righteous Brothers, The Ronettes | | Producer: | Larry Levine, Phil Spector | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Mono | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Performers include: The Ronettes, The Crystals, Darlene Love, The Righteous Brothers. A collection of 73 tracks spanning the years 1958-1969. Most of the tracks, including the entire classic A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR YOU (included here) were originally released on Philles Records. The set was digitally remastered for mono by Phil Spector and Philles original engineer, Larry Levine. The package comes in a 12" x 12" box with a 96-page booklet containing the complete lyrics and track-by-track annotation.
Editorial Reviews 5 Stars - Classic - ...Spector brought a grand, ennobling passion to the teen love song and a soaring, sonic architecture to teen dance music....his style has been enormously influential, but his achievement remains unique... Rolling Stone (11/28/1991)
5 Stars - Classic - ...Spector's genius was for matching voice to material... Q (12/01/1991)
...the master of the Wall Of Sound... one of the few box sets whose existence is justified more by merit than marketing... - Rating: A+ Entertainment Weekly (11/08/1991)
Ranked #64 in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time Rolling Stone (12/11/2003)
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